STATE OF VERMONT

 

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

 

VERMONT STATE POLICE

 

 

NEWS RELEASE

 

MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH

 

 

CASE#:  22A4004329                                  

 

RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Elisabeth Plympton

 

STATION: VSP St. Johnsbury                                   

 

CONTACT#: 802-748-3111

 

 

DATE/TIME: 06/17/2022 @ approximately 0128 hours

 

STREET: VT Route 15

 

TOWN: Walden

 

LANDMARK AND/OR CROSS STREETS: Sawmill Road

 

WEATHER: Cloudy         

 

ROAD CONDITIONS: Dry

 

 

VEHICLE #1

 

OPERATOR: 

 

AGE: 

 

SEAT BELT? Y

 

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE:

 

 

VEHICLE YEAR: 2015

 

VEHICLE MAKE: Ford

 

VEHICLE MODEL: Explorer

 

DAMAGE TO VEHICLE #1:  Minor front end damage

 

INJURIES: Fatal

 

HOSPITAL: N/A

 

 

 

 

SUMMARY OF CRASH: At the above date and time, Vermont State Police received a 911 call from a vehicle's OnStar system notifying of a crash on VT Route 15, in Walden. Upon the arrival of rescue and VSP, a 2015 black Ford Explorer was rolled over in an embankment, crashed into a tree. The operator was unresponsive and later pronounced deceased at the scene. The identity of the operator is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

 

 

The cause of the crash is under investigation.